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Published in final edited form as: J Biosci Med (Irvine). 2022 Mar 17;10(3):203–211. doi: 10.4236/jbm.2022.103019

Table 6.

Clinical and safety outcomes by starting insulin infusion rate.

Characteristic	<0.07 units/kg/hr (n = 92)	0.07 – 0.099 units/kg/hr (n = 123)	0.10 – 0.139 units/kg/hr (n = 123)	≥0.14 units/kg/hr (n = 9)	P-Value
Total hospital Length of Stay, Days	1.18 ± 0.38	1.09 ± 0.29	1.07 ± 0.26	1 ± 0	0.06
ICU Length of Stay, Minutes	202.9 ± 489.3	347.7 ± 591.8	393.4 ± 669.5	415.9 ± 420.5	0.095
Dysrhythmia, n (%)	12 (14%)	22 (17.9%)	20 (16.3%)	3 (33.3%)	0.42
Hypoglycemia, n (%)	5 (5.4%)	10 (8.1%)	18 (14.6%)	1 (11.1%)	0.13
Hypokalemia, n (%)	30 (32.6%)	25 (20.3%)	28 (22.8%)	0 (0%)